http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Ghana is recalling a shipment of 120 million Chinese-made condoms distributed to charities in the country after testing showed that they were riddled with holes and prone to breaking, an official said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-ghana-recalls-million-faulty-chinese.html HIV & AIDS Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:51:02 EST news285940256 Guinea worm disease cases were cut to less than 600 in 2012, marking significant progress in eradicating the parasitic infection, former President Jimmy Carter said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-jimmy-carter-guinea-worm-cases.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:07:49 EST news277661263 (Medical Xpress)—Postpartum depression not only affects mothers but it could mean higher health risks for the baby – especially in low-income countries like Ghana where the condition isn't well-recognized, University of Michigan Health System research shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-postpartum-depression-prevalent-under-developed-countries.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:43:32 EST news276867801 Up to two million lives, annually, could be saved globally with improvements in trauma care, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This estimate by Charles Mock, from the University of Washington in Seattle, and his team provides support for investment in and greater attention to strengthening trauma care services globally. Their work is published online in Springer's World Journal of Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-invest-trauma.html Surgery Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:13:01 EST news251374347 Immunizations are a valuable tool for controlling infectious diseases among populations both in the U.S. and globally. Routine immunizations and supplemental immunization activities, such as immunization campaigns, are designed to provide immunization coverage to entire populations. Current measurements used to determine the success and rates of immunization can be flawed and inconsistent. According to a new study led by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, estimates of vaccination coverage can be significantly improved by combining administrative data with survey data. The results are featured in the October 2011 issue of PLoS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-effectiveness-vaccination.html Health Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:42:27 EST news238783337 Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem in several African countries. One of the main problems is the very uneven quality of medicine, which makes it difficult for health professionals to prescribe correct doses of medication. To tackle this challenge, a Ghanaian PhD student at the University of Copenhagen has developed a new chemical analysis technique that provides fast and reliable determination of the exact contents of a drug. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-combat-antibiotic-resistance-problems-africa.html Medical research Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:43:38 EST news235215785